Hair receiver for dry shavers



June 9, 1942. c. E. BURNS HAIR RECEIVER FOR DRY SHAVERS Filed Feb. 15, 1940 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented June 9, 1942 HAIR RECEIVER FOR DRY SHAVERS Cloyd E. Burns, Stamford, Conn., assignor to Schick Incorporated, a corporation of Delaware Application February 15, 1940, Serial No. 318,989

9 Claims.

This invention relates to an improved hair receiver for use on dry shavers that have open ends on the shearing head through which open ends pass the hair that has been shaved off the skin of the user.

The shavers with open ends have reciprocating cutters with open ends and the rapid reciprocation carries the hairs to the ends and they pass out and if not prevented fall on the skin and clothing of the one being shaved.

There have been hair receivers used which catch such hairs and are subject to emptying after shaving. They have the disadvantage of interfering with the removal of the shearing head for any purpose such as repair, cleaning or replacement or the disadvantage of being secured to the shearing head in which case the shearing head can not be removed alone.

The present invention is an improvement in that it enables the shearing head alone to be removed without interference when the hair receptacl or receptacles are swung down to open position which is the same position they are in for emptying or cleaning.

Another feature is the receptacle of larger capacity as it is extended below the shearing head and accommodates more hair than prior forms of hair receiver.

Another feature is a receptacle of large capacity which has aspring hinge connection that yieldingly holds the receptacle in open or closed position, this hinge connection being at the bottom of the receptacle in order to present a bottom part of adequate capacity.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing. Figure 1 is a side view of a dry shaver with the improved hair receiver secured thereto. Figure 2 is a front view of the device shown in Figure 1. Figure 3 is an enlarged section on line 33 in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a perspective View of a hair receiver as shown in the preceding figures.

The dry shaver shown is of the conventional commercial type that comprises a handle III that has a transverse groove in the top into which groove the shearing head I I is secured, as by the thumb screw I2. The shearing head comprises an outer stationary cutter I3 and an inner reciprocating cutt'er I4, both these cutters having open ends through which cut hair passes from the channel inside the inner cutter.

The hair receivers are mounted at the ends of the shearing head and comprising in each instance a trough-like receptacle I5 with side walls I6, a curved top part I! to merge with the top side the handle. This provides for a capacity to accommodate the hair from a shaving without extending high enough to interfere with the free movement of the inner cutter I4.

The receptacle is hinged at its bottom end to the casing, usually through a fixture secured to the casing. The fixture illustrated comprises a plate I9 which is secured in a suitable manner, as by pins or screws 26 through holes 2| to the side of the handle. Flanges 22 may also be in- 15 eluded to further brace the fixture,

The plate has two projecting wings 23 at the bottom and they receive the bottom part of the receptacle between them. A pin 24 extends between the wings and through the side walls I6 of the receptacle to form a hinge connection at the bottom of the receptacle.

Extending downwardly on the plate I9 is a spring lip 25 which bears on the bottom I8 of the receptacle, and as the bottom I8 is below the pin 24 when the receptacle is up or in closed position and is above the pin when the receptacle is open, the lip 25 will yieldingly hold the receptacle in either open or closed position and when in the latter position it is held against chattering when the shaver is operated.

cutter as the shoulders 21 ride in between the flanges 22 and over the top edge 28 of the plate I9. This also aids in holding the receptacle in position and against lateral displacement under ordinary usage. This relieves the pivotal pin 24 of abnormal strain. This is of advantage as the parts are small and made of thin metal to minimize the weight.

It will be evident that the outline of the sides 26 can be changed to fit the outline of cutters of different shapes, and that the construction of the parts can be modified without departing from the invention as set forth in the following claims.

I claim:

1. A hair receiver for dry shavers which shavers include a handle and an open ended shearing head, said receiver comprising a plate having a pair of spaced wings at the bottom, a pin extending between the wings and secured thereto, said platealso having a downwardly extending integral spring lip intermediate said spaced wings, said plate being adapted for securing to the side of said handle independently of the shearin head, and a trough-like receptacle hinged at its bottom end to said pin and having its open side adapted to fit against the plate, the receptacle extending above the plate and fitting against an open end of the shearing head when closed, the bottom of the receptacle bearing on the spring lip whereby it is yieldingly held in open or closed position.

2. In an electric shaver having a casing and an open-ended shearing head thereon with its open ends substantially flush with the sides of the casing, a fixture secured to the side of the casing below the shearing head, a portion of said fixture constituting a spring, and a trough-like hair receptacle hinge mounted on the fixture in engagement with said spring, said receptacle forming a closure for the end of the shearing head, and subsequently enclosing said spring.

3. In an electric shaver having a casing and an open-ended shearing head thereon with its open ends substantially flush with the sides of the casing, a fixture secured to the side of the casing below the shearing head, a portion of said fixture constituting a spring, a trough-like hair receptacle hinge-mounted on the fixture in engagement with said spring and means on. the upper end of the fixture for engagement with the receptacle when in its closed position to hold the same against lateral displacement.

4. In an electric shaver having a casing and an open-ended shearing head thereon with its open ends substantially flush with the sides of the casing, a plate mounted at each side of the casing adjacent an open end of the head, each plate having a pair of spaced wings bent up at its side edges near the bottom of the plate, said plates also having central tab portions between the wings and separated therefrom by spaced slits extending upwardly from the bottom edges of the plates to points above the tops of the wings, a pair of trough-like receptacles each having an open side adapted to overlie one of the plates and also the adjacent open end of the head, the lower side wallsof the receptacles being spaced to fit between said wings and pivotally connected thereto with the lower edges of the receptacles adapted to engage the said central tab portions;

5. In an electric shaver having a casing and an open-ended shearing head thereon with its open ends substantially flush with the sides of the casing, a plate mounted at each side of the casing adjacent an open end of the head, each plate having a pair of spaced wings and, intermediate the wings, tab portions formed by spaced slits in the plates, a pair of trough-like receptacles each having an open side adapted to overlie one of the plates and also the adjacent open end of the head, each receptacle having hinge connections with one pair of wings and engaging the adjacent tab portion, for the purpose described.

6. In an electric shaver of the kindcomprising a handle, a channel extending across one end of the handle and an open-ended shearing head set in said channel with its ends substantially flush with the sides of the casing, the combination therewith of a plate member mounted at each of the said sides of the casing adjacent an open end of the head, said plates having spaced flange portions at their upper ends adapted to seat on the shoulders of the said channel on each side of the head, spaced wings adjacent the lower ends of the plates, a pair of trough-like hair receptacles pivotally connected to said wings and having open sides to overlie the plates and also the open ends of the head, the upper side edges of said receptacles seating between said spaced flange portions of the plates when the receptacles are in closed position.

7. In an electric shaver of the kind comprising a handle, a channel extending across one end of the handle and an open-ended shearing head set in said channel with its ends substantially flush with the sides of the casing, the combination therewith of a plate member mounted on each of the said sides of the casing adjacent an open end of the head, said plates having spaced flange portions at their upper ends adapted to seat on the shoulders of the said channel on each side of the head, spaced wings adjacent the lower ends of the plates, a pair of trough-like hair receptacles pivotally connected to said wings and having open sides to overlie the plates and also the open ends of the head, and spring means normally acting on the receptacles to hold them in their closed positions.

8. In an electric shaver having a casing and an open-ended shearing head thereon with its open ends substantially flush with the sides of the casing, a plate mounted at each side of the casing adjacent an open end of the head, each plate having a pair of spaced wings bent up at its side edges near the bottom of the plate, a pair of trough-like receptacles each having an open side adapted to overlie one of the plates and also the adjacent open end of the head, the lower side walls of the receptacles being spaced to fit between said wings and pivotally connected thereto and spring tabs located between the wing portions with their free ends in engagement with the lower ends of the receptacles.

9. In an electric shaver having a casing and an open-ended shearing head thereon with its open ends substantially flush with the sides of the casing, a pair of spaced wings secured to and projecting from each side of the casing below an open end of the head, a pair of trough-like receptacles each having an open side adapted to overlie an open end of the head and each having its lower end pivoted to a pair of said wings, and

spring members secured to the casing and substantially enclosed within said receptacles in engagement with the lower ends thereof.

CLOYD E. BURNS.

CERTIFICATE OF CO ERECTION. Patent No. 2,286,061. June 9, 19142.- CLOYD E. BURNS It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 2, first column, line 19, claim 2, for "subsequently" read substantiallyand that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein I that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 28th day of July, A. D. l9li2.

Henry Van Arsdale, (Seal) Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

